Housing in the UK
- "Housing in the UK has been selected for investigation* since I consider it a critical element of the man-made environment which through prolonged misrepresentation and mis-applied design theory has become probably the least sensitive element of artificial human-conditioning."
- (Cedric Price, AD 9/69, p.493)
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- * DOMESTIKIT: UK Begun January 1972, first iteration finished 1977.
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Shelter (2019) 'Three million new social homes key to solving housing crisis', Shelter
Trident Modular Housing (2025) 'Need a Home or a Garden Room? Faster. Smarter. Better', Trident Modular Housing
George Sandeman (2024) '‘Perfect storm’ blocking thousands of desperately needed social homes', BBC News
Sammy Gecsoyler (2024) 'Labour plan for 1.5m new homes is not feasible, housebuilding firm says', The Guardian, 14 December
Alexandra Hasek (2021) 'Are prefabricated houses the solution to the UK’s housing crisis?', PlanRadar
Steve Howell (2024) 'How Labour's housebuilding target of 1.5 million new homes hinges on just six private companies', Big Issue, 26 July
Yashika Narula and Stephen Finnegan (2024) 'Can light gauge steel frame (LGSF) modular housing achieve net zero and support the UK social housing crisis?', Journal of Building Engineering
Cedric Price (1967) ‘A change is required in our current attitude to “Housing”’, Architectural Design, May, in extremelyprovocative.wordpress.com
Cedric Price (1969) 'Expediency', AD 9/69
George Monbiot (2019) 'Land for the many', Labour Party
George Monbiot (2025) 'Home truths: the only thing Labour is building is a bigger, more dysfunctional housing market', The Observer, 26 January
Rachael Williamson and John Perry (2023) 'How we can end the housing crisis and fix the UK, explained', Big Issue, 11 September
Rowan Moore (2023) 'Property', The Guardian Bookshop
Rowan Moore (2025) 'Peace, permanence and affordable prices: six ways to solve Britain’s housing crisis', The Observer (Guardian), 1 February
Strutt & Parker (2018) 'Can modular homes solve the UK's housing crisis?', Strutt & Parker
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